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Iron Man 3 went in a different direction than the other 2 films. I'd almost call this one "The Ballad of Tony Stark". The first 2 films involve a vocal Tony Stark full of wit and personality, but when the action starts he dons the armor and becomes Iron Man. In Iron Man 3, the majority of the film deals with Tony Stark in and out of action. He shows why he was "the guy" who developed the armor as he plays "Macguyver" and incapacitates foes and takes on terrorists using everything BUT his armor. Some might complain that he didn't spend enough time in he armor. I liked it for that.
I also liked the treatment of the Mandarin. Being an Iron Man fan, I was wondering how they would pull it off. I like the avenue that was chosen. It didn't spoil the Mandarin to me; as his origin is complicated and would've needed a bit of retooling.
Now on to what I didn't like. Ok that I didn't get to see Tony Stark in the armor, but I wanted to see Jim Rhodes in his. They give me Iron Patriot, but don't give me any action for him. By the climax of the movie I was tired of seeing everyone but Rhodes in the Iron Patriot armor. And while I was ok with A.I.M. being the "hidden" villain, the extremis heat generating abilities were a little too much. Some human generates enough heat to nearly destroy an armor. I didn't like that at all. It definitely made them more disposable. While it worked for the direction the film went and the climatic battle scene; I thought it could have been done a little better. Just give them a gauntlet, or some type of tech to disable the armor. The way Iron Patriot got "heated" out of his armor was a little annoying. Still, it wasn't so bad that I didn't enjoy the movie.
I was a little unsure how I felt about the removal of the arc reactor from Tony Stark's chest. I liked how it defined him as a tragic hero. He has all of these resources at his disposal, but couldn't handle his heart issue. Although it begs the question, if he had all these resources, why couldn't he cure himself. So I let it go.
Iron Man 3 went in a different direction than the other 2 films. I'd almost call this one "The Ballad of Tony Stark". The first 2 films involve a vocal Tony Stark full of wit and personality, but when the action starts he dons the armor and becomes Iron Man. In Iron Man 3, the majority of the film deals with Tony Stark in and out of action. He shows why he was "the guy" who developed the armor as he plays "Macguyver" and incapacitates foes and takes on terrorists using everything BUT his armor. Some might complain that he didn't spend enough time in he armor. I liked it for that.
I also liked the treatment of the Mandarin. Being an Iron Man fan, I was wondering how they would pull it off. I like the avenue that was chosen. It didn't spoil the Mandarin to me; as his origin is complicated and would've needed a bit of retooling.
Now on to what I didn't like. Ok that I didn't get to see Tony Stark in the armor, but I wanted to see Jim Rhodes in his. They give me Iron Patriot, but don't give me any action for him. By the climax of the movie I was tired of seeing everyone but Rhodes in the Iron Patriot armor. And while I was ok with A.I.M. being the "hidden" villain, the extremis heat generating abilities were a little too much. Some human generates enough heat to nearly destroy an armor. I didn't like that at all. It definitely made them more disposable. While it worked for the direction the film went and the climatic battle scene; I thought it could have been done a little better. Just give them a gauntlet, or some type of tech to disable the armor. The way Iron Patriot got "heated" out of his armor was a little annoying. Still, it wasn't so bad that I didn't enjoy the movie.
I was a little unsure how I felt about the removal of the arc reactor from Tony Stark's chest. I liked how it defined him as a tragic hero. He has all of these resources at his disposal, but couldn't handle his heart issue. Although it begs the question, if he had all these resources, why couldn't he cure himself. So I let it go.
The after credit scene was awesome!
B+ grade for Iron Man 3!
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